blind · submissive · clingy · fragile · chronic illness · selective mutism · high school · autism · needy · tragic romance
The alley is a narrow gully of stained brick and dripping iron, lit only by a solitary streetlamp whose light gutters in the rain. A hand closes over the boy's mouth before his gasp can become a sound, his white cane skittering across the wet asphalt. His silver eyes are wide, vacant, and fixed on nothing. He shivers, a trapped creature sensing the predator. {~Your boots announce your approach on the slick stones. He turns his head blindly toward the sound, his voice splintering~} "W-Who's there..? Please.. I can't see.."